Tag Archives: Assumptions

Fact: bonuses don’t improve performance

“There’s a mismatch between what science knows and what business does.”- Dan Pink Admittedly, the heading to this post is a tad provocative, and it is maybe not quite as black and white, but none the less financial incentives are simply not all they are cracked up to be. Dan Pink gave an entertaining and thought-provoking talk [...]
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Create chemistry – throw someone off a balcony

“What do you say to a man widely blamed for beating you, stealing your job, and trying to have you thrown out of a 10th-floor window?” How would you approach the prospect of forming a working relationship with someone you did not like? What if the reason you were nervous was that you suspected they might [...]
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Create chemistry – throw someone off a balcony

“What do you say to a man widely blamed for beating you, stealing your job, and trying to have you thrown out of a 10th-floor window?” How would you approach the prospect of forming a working relationship with someone you did not like? What if the reason you were nervous was that you suspected they might [...]
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Is succession planning a reality?

A few months back I attended a very interestin talk delivered by Prof. Peter Cappelli Wharton Business School where he notes that succession planning is not a real solution because it is based on two assumptions. One, forecasting future business envi… carry on reading.
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